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U.S. under pressure to keep slaughterhouses open

By GFM Network News March 16, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to reassure meat producers it will keep slaughterhouses staffed with federal inspectors as fears about potential shutdowns due to the COVID-19 coronavirus hammer livestock prices and fuel concerns about food supplies, meat industry groups said on Monday. Livestock markets have been hit hard as […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

By GFM Network News October 17, 2019

Reuters — Tyson Foods in February will stop buying U.S. hogs raised with a growth drug banned by China, the company said on Thursday, as global meat suppliers seek an edge in boosting sales to Chinese buyers facing a huge pork shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig disease. The halt in the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Cargill suspends shifts at Kansas beef plant after explosion

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill said Thursday it had suspended some shifts at its Dodge City, Kansas beef-packing plant after an explosion injured two employees. Cargill spokesman Daniel Sullivan said the company expects the facility to be fully operational soon and that it would meet all it customer commitments. The company is investigating the cause […] Read more

Workers sit outside the Tyson Fresh Meats processing plant at Holcomb, Kan. on Aug. 12, 2019, three days after a fire heavily damaged the facility. (Photo: Reuters/Adam Shrimplin)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

USDA to probe beef market after Tyson plant fire

By GFM Network News August 28, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ordered an investigation into widening prices between cattle and beef on Wednesday after a recent fire at a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse in Holcomb, Kansas, shut the plant. Cattle prices have tanked because the fire temporarily eliminated a key buyer of livestock. Producers have worried that meat […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: No long-term shortage expected

By GFM Network News August 15, 2019

MarketsFarm — Waiting for the 2019 harvest to roll in is the only factor that could create a feed shortage, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “As far as things look today, I don’t see a reason to be concerned about a feed shortage. If anything we could have a feed […] Read more

Pork baby back ribs. (Grandriver/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 8, 2019

Reuters — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust lawsuits accusing several large U.S. pork companies of conspiring to limit the supply of pork to inflate prices and their own profits at the expense of consumers and other purchasers. Chief Judge John Tunheim of the federal court in Minneapolis said the plaintiffs failed to show […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. launches criminal probe into alleged chicken price fixing by Tyson, rivals

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 25, 2019

Reuters — The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal probe into allegations that Tyson Foods and other poultry processors including Pilgrim’s Pride and Sanderson Farms colluded to fix poultry prices, court documents show. The DOJ filed a motion to intervene and stay discovery of evidence in an antitrust lawsuit involving the companies and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Walmart creating own Angus beef supply chain

By GFM Network News April 24, 2019

Reuters — Walmart Inc. is taking control of the supply chain for Angus beef sold in some of its stores, cutting out meat processors as the company looks to offer higher quality products in an intensely competitive grocery industry. The world’s largest retailer said Wednesday the move would allow it to ensure supplies of quality […] Read more

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is seeking the Democrats’ 2020 nomination for president, greets Ella Clare Campbell after speaking in Memphis on March 17, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

By GFM Network News March 28, 2019

Washington | Reuters — Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren took aim on Wednesday at agricultural conglomerates, promising her administration would break up big agribusiness mergers that she said have hurt family farmers. Warren, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a fierce Wall Street critic, released a broad plan that she said would make it easier […] Read more

CME December 2018 live cattle, with 20-day moving average in orange. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

By GFM Network News October 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to their highest prices since April on Monday after the U.S., Canada and Mexico said they struck a deal on a trilateral trade pact. News of the agreement, reached over the weekend, eased concerns that the United States would exit the North American Free […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives Tyson

U.S. under pressure to keep slaughterhouses open

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

Cargill suspends shifts at Kansas beef plant after explosion

USDA to probe beef market after Tyson plant fire

Feed weekly outlook: No long-term shortage expected

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

U.S. launches criminal probe into alleged chicken price fixing by Tyson, rivals

Walmart creating own Angus beef supply chain

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

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